Alien in Deutschland

The Alien has landed

After being in Germany for over a month now, I had a moment this evening where I felt I was home. And where does this new sense of belonging come from, I hear you ask.

Yes, good question, considering that I have found my limited German vocabulary a hinderance in stricking up converstations with strangers in the streets. Added to that, even if my German was even somewhat short of perfect, it would still be considered highly irregular to talk to a stanger.

So, now that you have some idea of the confinement of my present state, you may be heartened to hear that it was at an evening of live music, performed by 'The Big Band' (a group of voluntary firefighters who happen to have spare time to practise orchestral style music with a very trendy Pop and Jazz influence). If anything, hearing "Rocky's Ready to Fly Now" gets me in the mood.
Gloria Garna's "I will survive" was the cherry on the top. I sure do hope so.

So, hearing a whole range of tunes helped me realise I'm not so foreign anymore. Happy tunes are hopefully gonna get me through my happles bumbles.

Hope springs eternal.